A milwife blogger I follow, Wife on the Roller Coaster has decided to summarize her life as a military wife in a nutshell and I've decided to participate with my own Army National Guard version...it's a double sided version because in many ways we live two different lives...our "normal" day to day life, and a deployment/pre-deployment/post-deployment life.
My Civilian/Army National Guard Life:
Alpha:
Alone by choice *** Alone by Army's choice/Afghanistan
Bravo:
Bedtime with the boy (whose name starts with B) *** Blue Star Family
Charlie:
Cell phones off at night *** Cell phones always on and within reach/Care packages
Delta:
Disney World *** Deployment
Echo:
Energy surplus *** Emotionally exhausted
Foxtrot:
Fun *** Flexible
Golf:
Gear for baby everywhere *** Gear for Daddy everywhere
Hotel:
Hugs *** Homecoming signs/Hiring electricians, lawn guys, plumbers
India:
Inseparable *** ID Cards
Juliet:
Juggling civi job schedule and Guard schedule *** Juggling being Mom and Dad
Kilo:
Keeping up on facebook *** Keeping sane with facebook and blogging/Kevlar/Keeping my own schedule
Lima:
Lovin' *** Labor & delivery of baby #2 alone/Letters
Mike:
Museum trips/Midnight Movie Premiers *** Murphey's Law
November:
Nights out with the girls (and not having to find a sitter) *** Name tapes
Oscar:
Operation: Must Take Pictures can get annoying for the hubs *** OPSEC
Papa:
Pin trading (it's a Disney World thing) *** Proud
Quebec:
Quiet nights at home *** Questions that can't be answered
Romeo:
Reading together *** Red Fridays/R&R
Sierra:
Sleeping in while Daddy takes over *** Skype
Tango:
Team parenting *** Tricare
Uniform:
Understood by many *** Understood by few
Victor:
Vehicle problems are easily solved *** Victory
Whiskey:
Weekend drills *** War/Webcames/Waiting
X-ray:
XOXO *** XOXO
Yankee:
Yawning as the hubs gets up too early *** Yellow ribbons
Zulu:
Zoo trips *** Zero to 90 in no time
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4 comments:
The Uniform one really resonates.
Awesome list! I LOVE how you contrasted your "normal" life to your not so normal life. Very creative. And I agree with JG...Uniform really resonates.
Thank you so much for participating and linking up with me today. Now I need to get going and add all these great answers to my main list!
Awesome list! Amazing what can be said with so few words.
your take on this is great! it's funny how stark the contrast is sometimes between 'regular' life and military life...although i agree, 'XOXO' is pretty much a constant. :)
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